The Prestige - scene

 This is a nice scene from the Prestige, using a super basic set up. Just shows you don't need to be fancy to construct a nice scene. 

So in this sequence he uses the camera set up, with a master wide shot and then 2 single shots.

We start with a single on Christian Bale, he is composed to left screen, the camera looks down on him because he is the prisoner. So he's weak at the start of this scene. A hand of the warden comes in to snatch the paper away he is writing from.

We cut on action following the warden, on a single, he reads the piece of paper, camera pans down to show a single of the paper, and then back up to his face. I love these simple types of shots, very efficient without being boring.

And then a wide to show them both in relation to each other.

The rest of the sequence is shot with the exact same set up.

Warm Up doodles

 Get those muscles going, some doodles from One Piece! 

Warm Up Sketches

Terrible night sleep, so what better way to wake up than a cup of coffee and doodling from Blade of the Immortal. 

 

Blade of The Immortal sketches

 So the end of last year I pushed all my remaining energy into work, and then faceplanted into the couch waking up just in time for newyear 😁
Haven't gotten the swing back yet, in which case it's also good to turn to your favourite artists and just copy some drawings to wake up. Here are some terrible sketches I did from the manga : Blade of The Immortal by Hiroaki Samura. 
What he's actually great at is drawing awesome shot compositions and the way he keeps his art loose and gestural.